"First-time TV directors are new to the game and come from all areas of the industry, including film school. So why is a woman or minority any less qualified than anybody else?"

DGA President Paris Barclay, who has directed episodes of Glee and The Good Wife, pointed out the implications this information has for the future, stating that unless women and minorities start getting hired at the entry level, "it'll be status quo from here to eternity." Depressing, but true. It may have been a good year for women indie films, but there's still a tragic lack of female representation in mainstream TV and movies. Until women and minorities start getting hired for jobs out of film school, it doesn't look like there's going to be meaningful change anytime soon.